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13. What is FastCGI?
As noted above, CGI programs run slowly and gobble
server resources, making them a poor choice for heavily loaded web sites.
FastCGI is a
better-performing extension of the original for which speedups of a
factor of five have
been reported.
Version v1.5.2 of the Apache
web server supports FastCGI. (As a working example, the ad banners on
this site are being served with FastCGI.)